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==Influence==
==Influence==
The goddess was often invoked to bless a task someone was about to embark on,<ref name="Monger Down">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Monger Down]]</ref> or thanked after an individual was seen as being exceedingly fortunate to have met or avoided a particular fate.<ref name="Journey into War">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[A Journey into War]]</ref><ref name="Serpent's Lair">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Serpent's Lair]]</ref>
The goddess was often invoked to bless a task someone was about to embark on,<ref name="Monger Down">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Monger Down]]</ref> or thanked after an individual was seen as being exceedingly fortunate to have met or avoided a particular fate.<ref name="Journey into War">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' [[A Journey into War]]</ref><ref name="Serpent's Lair">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Serpent's Lair]]</ref>


During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n commander [[Taureas]] had a [[sword]] named [[Tyche's Folly]], which he considered to be his own 'token of luck'.<ref name="Evening the Odds">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Evening the Odds]]</ref>
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n commander [[Taureas]] had a [[sword]] named [[Tyche's Folly]], which he considered to be his own 'token of luck'.<ref name="Evening the Odds">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Evening the Odds]]</ref>

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Tyche is the Greek goddess and personification of chance, luck and fate. Her Roman equivalent is Fortuna.

Influence[edit | edit source]

The goddess was often invoked to bless a task someone was about to embark on,[1] or thanked after an individual was seen as being exceedingly fortunate to have met or avoided a particular fate.[2][3]

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan commander Taureas had a sword named Tyche's Folly, which he considered to be his own 'token of luck'.[4]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Her name, τῠ́χη (túkhē), is Greek for 'luck, chance, fate'.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyMonger Down
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyA Journey into War
  3. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyThe Serpent's Lair
  4. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyEvening the Odds